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Date: 30 Oct 92 04:10:57 GMT
From: seas.gwu.edu!mfeldman@uunet.uu.net  (Michael Feldman)
Subject: Re: More Ashamedness of Ada - this time OBJECT WORLD
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In article <1992Oct29.124447.26334@sei.cmu.edu> wellerd@ajpo.sei.cmu.edu (David
 Weller) writes:
>>
[lots of good stuff deleted]

>Um, I don't recall ANY post on thus sub referring to Ada as THE object-
>oriented language. (Historically speaking anyway, "THE" was an operating
>system :-)   

Aha! Today's trivia quiz: what does THE stand for? (HINT: It has NOTHING
to do with the definite article).

Answer: Technische Hogeschool Eindhoven, or Eindhoven Institute of
Technology, in The Netherlands. That's where Dijkstra did all that
seminal work on concurrent programming, including the THE system...:-)

Thinking we need a break from the language wars, I remain yours truly,

Mike Feldman